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-Males earn more than females
-Prostitutes in downtown cores/business districts earn more than prostitutes in "rougher" areas
-There is more demand for certain hair and skin colours than others
-Racial minorities tend to be "lower in demand" and underpaid
-Male prostitutes earn more than females
-Prostitutes with pimps earn less than those who are independent (once pimps take their cut of the money for "protection", etc."
-Youth earn less than adults
A Profile of Canadian Prostitutes:
A Profile of Canadian Prostitutes:
* Most between 22-25, beginning career in teens
* Career lasts about 10 years (women tend to wor

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-sexism and patriarchy explain prostitution
-sexism and patriarchy create supply and demand at the same time
-gender is a social construct. Men and women are socialized differently throughout their lives.
-women are socialized to withhold sex.
-men are socialized to define their masculinity based on sexual "successes".
-many women in prostitution have experienced gender-based violence, both before their involvement in prostitution and after (childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault and physical assault on the job (called bad dates).
-Debate within feminist perspectives: does selling female bodies as commodities harm gender inequality for all women? Does selling female bodies through prostitution reinforce sexist views and reproduce gender inequality?

# data[].attributes.body
-Not all prostitutes are "valued" equally
-Males earn more than females
-Prostitutes in downtown cores/business districts earn more than prostitutes in "rougher" areas
-There is more demand for certain hair and skin colours than others
-Racial minorities tend to be "lower in demand" and underpaid
-Male prostitutes earn more than females
-Prostitutes with pimps earn less than those who are independent (once pimps take their cut of the money for "protection", etc."
-Youth earn less than adults

# data[].attributes.body
* Most between 22-25, beginning career in teens

* Career lasts about 10 years (women tend to work longer)

* Ratio of females to males 4:1. Most single (20% of women married)

* About half from “broken homes”

* Most from lower- middle or middle class backgrounds

* Majority have little formal education (with the exception of call girls)

* Many have suffered physical/sexual abuse at home

* We must be cautious about assuming that humble origins + abuse = a

career in prostitution. Many people experience both & don’t become

prostitutes.

# data[].attributes.body
- most prostitutes are NOT forced into the life by threats, violence,

& drugs (though to some extent for teenage runaways)

- most prostitutes do NOT work for pimps, but are “self-employed”

- there are relatively few links with Canadian organized crime

- most prostitutes are not addicted to drugs

- most have criminal records, but for minor & prostitution offences

- prostitution is NOT prominent in the spread of STD’s & AIDS

- prostitution isn’t necessarily distasteful & unpleasant work,

especially for those with little education/job skills when

comparing their options

- prostitutes aren’t necessarily guilt ridden with low self-esteem

- prostitutes don’t necessarily despise their customers

- prostitutes are largely heterosexual & have enjoyable sex lives

with those they love.